It's hard to play a laptop in the midst of band and have people want to buy your t-shirts and CD's.

I do have some weeks coming up in the summer where I will actually be in my house, and I love working on new music and all of that.

Me and my friends would drive for eight hours to play for twenty people. That was cool, and if a couple of people bought t-shirts, that would be the greatest thing. We could go eat some hamburgers that night.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

People see me on stage and sometimes they think, "Who's this hotdog thinking that he's the best." They miss the point that what I'm doing now comes from a whole different world of doing it for no one with nobody caring.

I sampled a bit of stuff from my dad's collection. He has probably a bigger record collection than I do. I try to buy as much as possible, because I've never been able to keep an MP3 collection organized. I like to keep my computers as clean as possible.

I typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.